Two dozen Iowans testified at a public hearing, offering both praise and criticism for proposed rules to implement Iowa’s new voter certification law.
Connie Schmett of Clive, a long-time G-O-P activist, praised the move.
Joe Henry of the League of United Latin American Citizens says the number of registered Latino voters has doubled in the past decade.
Staff from Secretary of State Paul Pate’s office say at least two specific rules to implement the law are in a state of flux and will be redrafted by this Friday.
About 100 people gathered outside the small conference room where the hour-long hearing was held, chanting their opposition to the new election law. The law was passed this spring by the Republican-led legislature and signed in May by former Governor Terry Branstad.
